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5-Petal Crochet Orchid

MoiraCrochetsPlarn by MoiraCrochetsPlarn

Motif Description

A lovely 5-petal flower inspired from a 6-petal orchid crochet pattern which almost looks like a star - that's what this pattern is.

Required Crochet Skill
Aside from basic crochet stitches, knowledge on how to make stitch around a post is essential. If you don not know it yet, this is the time to learn. Working stitches around a post only requires you to insert your hook somewhere else. Don't worry, I provided WIP (work in progress) pictures about this part to help you.

This flower is part of Dr. Jeckyll's Crochet Flower Experiments

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The Common Denominator

What is common among MY flower patterns?


YES! They all have 5 petals.

That's because I believe that single digit prime numbers (1, 2, 3, 5, 7) are lucky and beautiful. So when I stumble upon this orchid crochet flower, I was disappointed to find it has 6 petals! It just won't coincide with my prime-number sense of beauty. So I modified the flower to have 5 petals instead of 6. Aside from the petals, I also modified a bit on how it was constructed. Instead of working on front and back loops only, I worked sc's around posts to add the next set of petals. I learned this technique from another of my favorite crochet flower Double Blossom Flower.
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What You Need

small amount of yarn in two complementing colors

Note: Yes, this is worked in plarn*. Wonderful colors of plastic bags, right?

Click here to learn the methods of making plarn. and conditioning it for crochet.

Crochet Instructions

Round 1: Ch 2, 5 sc in first  ch, sl st to first sc. Turn.
Round 2: (Ch 5, 4 sc starting with the second ch from hook, sl st into sc, sl st into next sc.) 5x. Ch 2, turn.
Round 3: (Sc around post of round-1 sc {see WIP pictures below} , ch 2.) 5x. Sl st to first sc. Turn.


Where my hook is inserted is the post of this particular round-1 sc.


Pull your yarn through and make your sc.


This is how it would look when your done with the this round.

Round 4: (Ch 6, sl st in 2nd ch from hook, sc in next, hdc in next, dc in next and tr in last ch. Sl st to next sc.) 5x. Ch 2, turn.
Round 5: (Sc around post of round-3 sc, ch 5) 5x. Sl st to first sc. Turn.
Break off and change yarn.
Round 6: [In ch-5 sp, (3 dc, 3tr, 1 dtr, ch 3, sl st to 1st ch, 1 dtr, 3 tr, 3 dc), sl st to next sc] 5x.

Optional: If the petal formed does not hold its shape...
Round 7: (7 sl st up across petal, sk ch-3, 7 sl st down across petal) 5x.

Original CROCHET ORCHID PATTERN


The original crochet orchid pattern that I found in  HeadHuggers.org,
run by a wonderful person making caps for people who lost their
hair due to chemotherapy.

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Let me know what you think

  • LisaAuch Jul 30, 2011 @ 6:35 am | delete
    Beautiful! just beutiful and thankyou for the phot instructions too! I may even try this
  • Jul 29, 2011 @ 7:54 pm | delete
    Wow, that is very pretty. Lovely lens.
  • MoiraCrochetsPlarn Jul 25, 2011 @ 2:28 am | delete
    Thanks so much everyone. Your comments make my day.
  • Ella90 Jul 24, 2011 @ 1:55 pm | delete
    Beautiful and you make it look so easy, which i doubt it is
  • sukkran Jul 24, 2011 @ 1:05 pm | delete
    blessed by squid angel
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